Confucius Quotes
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A good man regards the root; he fixes the root, and ail else flows out of it. The root is filial piety; the fruit brotherly love.
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Of neighborhoods, benevolence is the most beautiful. How can the man be considered wise who when he had the choice does not settle in benevolence.
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Knowing something is not as good as liking it. Liking something is not as good as rejoicing in it.
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Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.
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To be truly happy and contented, you must let go of what it means to be happy or content.
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If Language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant. If what is said is not what is meant, then what ought to be done, remains undone.
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There are three friendships which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Friendship with the upright; friendship with the sincere; and friendship with the man of much observation: these are advantageous. Friendship with the man of specious airs; friendship with the insinuatingly soft; and friendship with the glib-tongued: these are injurious.
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Past scholars studied to improve themselves; Today's scholars study to impress others.
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Labor, but slight not meditation; meditate, but slight not labor.
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The superior man * * * in regard to his speech * * * is anxious that it should be sincere.
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There is no body but eats and drinks. But they are few who can distinguish flavors.
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Benevolence is the characteristic element of humanity.
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A man who lacks reliability is utterly useless.
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Surely it is the maxim of loving-kindness: Do not unto others that you would not have them do unto you.
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Earnest in practicing the ordinary virtues, and careful in speaking about them, if, in his practice, he has anything defective, the superior man dares not but exert himself; and if, in his words, he has any excess, he dares not allow himself such license.
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I saw some piglets suckling their dead mother. After a short while they shuddered and went away. They had sensed that she could no longer see them and that she wasn't like them any more. What they loved in their mother wasn't her body, but whatever it was that made her body live.
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Ask yourself constantly, "What is the right thing to do?" Behave toward everyone as if receiving a great guest.
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He who take cookie to bed have crummy night ahead.
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Love is like a spice. It can sweeten your life - however, it can spoil it, too.
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The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.
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The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause of dissatisfaction with himself.
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He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be called intelligent indeed.
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The end of the day is near when small men make long shadows.
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Who keeps the old akindle and adds new knowledge is fitted to be a teacher.